Alzheimer Scotland Homepage Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland s leading dementia charity. We provide servicesand campaign actively to help people with dementia and their families and http://www.alzscot.org/

Extractions: Home Alzheimer Scotland Homepage 9 September 2005 Search About us Who we are Where we are Our services ... Statistics Standard View High Contrast View Large Text View Text Only View Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland's leading dementia charity. We provide services and campaign actively to help people with dementia and their families and carers. This website is for people with dementia, carers, family members, professionals, policy-makers, students and anyone who wants to know more. We give equal importance to providing services and campaigning. We work nationally and locally to raise awareness of dementia and to influence local and national government. We run a national 24 hour freephone Dementia Helpline and provide local services across Scotland. Our aims: To be the national and local voice of and for people with dementia and their carers in Scotland To improve public policies for the benefit of people with dementia and their carers To provide and to secure the provision of high quality services for people with dementia To provide and to secure the provision of high quality services for carers of people with dementia.

Extractions: Dementia Voice AGM 8th September 2005 The vision of Dementia Voice... is to improve the quality of life for people with dementia living in south west England, and for those who provide care whether they are paid staff, volunteers, family members, friends or neighbours. The format and philosophy of Dementia Voice was based on the very successful model already established at the University of Stirling. Dementia Voice is the Dementia Services Development Centre DSDC for South West England, and is part of a national network of DSDCs across the UK. We work with local authorities, health services, the independent sector and higher education to improve services and care for people with dementia. Dementia Voice offers a range of services to aid service development and promote best practice. Dementia Voice can keep you up-to-date with new developments in the field of dementia care. The

Dementia From a dictionary of terms pertaining to memory processes. http://penta.ufrgs.br/edu/telelab/3/dementia.htm

Extractions: Dementia is a clinical state characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive domains. The most commonly used criteria for diagnoses of dementia is the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association). Diagnostic features include : memory impairment and at least one of the following: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, disturbances in executive functioning. In addition, the cognitive impairments must be severe enough to cause impairment in social and occupational functioning. Importantly, the decline must represent a decline from a previously higher level of functioning. Finally, the diagnosis of dementia should NOT be made if the cognitive deficits occur exclusively during the course of a delirium. There are many different types of dementia (approximately 70 to 80). Some of the major disorders causing dementia are: Degenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease, Pick's Disease) Vascular Dementia (e.g., Multi-infarct Dementia) Anoxic Dementia (e.g., Cardiac Arrest)

Extractions: Home Calendar of Events Clinical Programs Clinical Trials ... Frequently Asked Questions Headlines Research Studies Place Institute Scientists in National Spotlight Co-Director for the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia Named This image depicts Alzheimer's pathology interacting with a central set of brain structures (the limbic system) which are involved in the development of Alzheimer's Disease. University of California, Irvine The UCI Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia is one of 29 Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs) across the country designated and funded by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health . The Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia is also one of 10 Alzheimer's Research Centers of California (ARCCs) . The Institute seeks to better understand and discover the causes of Alzheimer's disease, means for effective treatments, ways to help families/caregivers and those diagnosed with the disease. For more information about Alzheimer's disease, you can also visit the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center's (ADEAR) website . ADEAR is a NIA website with information and resources on Alzheimer's disease.

Medical Care Corporation Entry page to a screening test for dementia from the Medical Care Corporation. Interact with the disclaimer and you can take the test for yourself or a loved one. http://www.mccare.com/english/

Extractions: Medical Care Corporation's online Dementia Care System enables physicians and other healthcare providers to detect the earliest signs of cognitive decline. If impairment is detected, the resulting report guides them through the standard diagnostic steps to identify the underlying cause of the problem. Free evaluation accounts are available to healthcare providers so register here and learn why physicians, care managers, insurance companies, clinics, and universities across the nation are using our Dementia Care System. With currently approved medications, appropriate treatment can delay the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease for several years. In many cases, the expected delay can exceed the patient's life span. This means that many Alzheimer's patients need never experience the most debilitating symptoms of the disease. We call this "

Extractions: Overview Dementia refers to a loss of cognitive function (cognition) due to changes in the brain caused by disease or trauma. The changes may occur gradually or quickly; and how they occur may determine whether dementia is reversible or irreversible. Cognition is the act or process of thinking, perceiving, and learning. Cognitive functions that may be affected by dementia include the following: Decision making, judgment

Extractions: Doctors in San Francisco recently reported on a number of people suffering from a kind of dementia called fronto-temporal dementia; even as parts of their brains were slowly dying and ceasing to function, they developed entirely new artistic abilities. Dr Bruce Miller, a neurologist at the University of California in San Francisco, talked to Andrew Luck-Baker about some of his talented patients.

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Extractions: Section 5. Delirium and Dementia Chapter 40. Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Other Cortical Dementias Subcortical Dementias Introduction A deterioration of intellectual function and other cognitive skills, leading to a decline in the ability to perform activities of daily living. The use of clinician must differentiate dementia from benign senescent forgetfulness (ie, age-related memory loss), which results from the slowing of neural processes with age. Persons with benign senescent forgetfulness learn new information and recall previously learned information more slowly. However, if they are given extra time and encouragement, their intellectual performance is essentially unchanged from their baseline. Daily functioning remains unaffected. Persons with this condition are often more concerned about it than are family members; reassurance and coping strategies are helpful. Etiology The causes of dementia ( see Table 40-1 ) are difficult to differentiate because they are imprecise; many cases can be confirmed only by postmortem pathologic examination, which is usually not performed. Moreover, mixed dementias may be common (eg, recent research shows an interplay between Alzheimer's and cerebrovascular diseases). Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementias are probably the two most common types, accounting for up to 90% of cases of established dementia in about a 2:1 ratio.

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Extractions: @import url(/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Central nervous system Alternative names Return to top Chronic brain syndrome Definition Return to top Dementia refers to a group of symptoms involving progressive impairment of brain function. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Disorders that cause dementia include conditions that impair the vascular (blood vessels) or neurologic (nerve) structures of the brain. Some causes of dementia are treatable. These include normal pressure hydrocephalus , brain tumors, and dementia due to metabolic causes and infections. Unfortunately, most disorders associated with dementia are progressive, irreversible, and degenerative. The two major degenerative causes of dementia are Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia (loss of brain function due to a series of small strokes). The two conditions often occur together, and vascular dementia may speed the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Neither condition can be diagnosed definitively until autopsy. Dementia may be diagnosed when two or more brain functions are impaired. These functions include language, memory, visual-spatial perception, emotional behavior or personality, and cognitive skills (such as calculation, abstract thinking, or judgment). Dementia usually appears first as forgetfulness. Other symptoms may be apparent only with neurologic examination or cognitive testing.